Referendum passes despite Kewanee Township vote

The Henry County school facilities sales tax passed Tuesday — no thanks to the voters of Kewanee Township.

In 10 of the 11 Kewanee precincts, the “no” votes on the referendum outnumbered the “yes” votes. In Kewanee 11, the “yes” votes prevailed.

In all, Kewanee Township voted down the referendum, 612-500. “We knew it was going to be tough in Kewanee because we had the half-cent sales tax already,” said Kewanee School Supt. Dr. Chris Sullens.

Kewanee voters had previously approved a half-cent sales tax for the city to use on infrastructure projects.

It was a different story in Wethersfield Township, where the referendum passed in all four precincts and “yes” votes led “no” votes 336-246.

The sales tax referendum was approved overwhelmingly in Galva’s three precincts (299-160) and in Annawan (166-64) and handily won in Geneseo (659-501 in the six precincts). Cam-bridge’s two precincts voted “yes” by a margin of 178-130.